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How to Win Tristana vs Ziggs Counter MatchupTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Tristana

based on 1,877 Tristana vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League matches every week. In our dataset, Tristana battled Ziggs 1877 times. Having so many matchups for Tristana vs Ziggs gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare enlightening statistics and a recommended build to counter Ziggs. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Tristana encounters Ziggs in only 1.5% of her games.

Tristana vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a poor job of beating Ziggs. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.2% of games the champs face each other in. In Tristana vs Ziggs games, Tristana’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Tristana vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRecurve Bow

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterGuardian AngelImmortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
>
Second ability for Tristana to level upq
>
Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Tristana's passive ability p
Tristana's q ability q
Tristana's w ability w
Tristana's e ability e
Tristana's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
3
Q
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Q
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ziggs as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Ziggs

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

Advice to Win Against Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Tristana vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Ziggs Image
7.4
< Kills >
5.2
6
< Deaths >
5.6
5.4
< Assists >
7.8
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
167
< Minions Killed >
161
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.57
16,746
< Physical Damage >
785
2,244
< Magic Damage >
23,274
460
< True Damage >
384
19,450
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
22,638
< Damage Taken >
16,968
12,534
< Gold Earned >
11,260
2.65
< Towers >
2.87
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
6,692
< Total Healing >
1,508
13,155
< Experience >
13,328
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
10
67
< Time Dealing CC >
247

How to Counter Ziggs with Tristana in LoL

The stats provided here feature several strategic Tristana versus Ziggs matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..

Tristana often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Ziggs. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Ziggs

Who is Better, Tristana or Ziggs?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tristana usually fairs equally well when facing off against Ziggs, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes an ok counter for Ziggs.

While Tristana does have a lower winrate compared to Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Tristana also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Ziggs.

Additionally, Tristana has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Tristana is a somewhat poor counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tristana against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Tristana, we analyzed 1,877 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ziggs as Tristana comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tristana in order to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Ziggs. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Tristana versus Ziggs build consist of Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Ziggs than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average win rate of 49.2% battling Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Ziggs as Tristana, Tristana players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Tristana vs Ziggs counters, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.

If you want to see Tristana versus Ziggs tips and counter builds for a a distinct skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are calculated using all games with data with these champs.